The Yard Theatre Announces New Shows For 2019 - NOW Festival, and More!

The Yard has announced a new season of work to kick off 2019.

Starting with the return of the annual acclaimed NOW festival of theatre and performance: 5 weeks of double bills by the most exciting artists working in theatre today. NOW 19 includes premieres by Brian Lobel, Tim Etchells & Forced Entertainment, Fk Alexander, Greg Wohead, Last Yearz Interesting Negro & Rowdy SS, Seke Chimutengwende, Marikiscrycrycry, Tim Spooner & Tom Richards, Ira Brand and Peter McMaster and shows span dance, masculinity, the revenge of Princess Diana, failure and dominance. The festival runs Tuesdays to Saturdays from 15 January to 16 February, and press are welcome throughout.

Next up The Yard welcomes Pecs Drag Kings, who follow up their ????? sell-out run of The 80s Show at Soho Theatre with a brand new show commissioned by The Yard and pushing the boundaries of cabaret and drag. SEX SEX MEN MEN is about sexuality and masculinity and runs from 26 February to 9 March, with Press Night on Wednesday 27 February. Pecs have previously performed at Tate Britain, Southbank Centre and Latitude Festival, as well as within The Yard's Live Drafts and music programmes.
The Yard's in-house company of 15-19 year olds, The Queen's Yard Company, present a show with one of live art's wildest makers, The Famous Lauren Barri Holstein (Notorious, Barbican Centre; Splat!, SPILL festival), following up the huge success of their debut "superb" and "stunningly honest" sold-out production You Do Not Have To Say Anything. Over 7 months they are co-creating Really Real Teenz!, an ensemble-devised performance about teenage bodies, pop culture and scandal, that will run from 11-14 March.

A special announcement of a new production for Spring 2019 will follow later this year. Directed by The Yard's Founder and Artistic Director Jay Miller, it will feature the creative team behind The Yard's most successful show ever, the ????? sell-out This Beautiful Future.